Advanced Poly-Packaging T-1000 - Page 82

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PROBLEM
POSSIBLE CAUSE
CORRECTIVE ACTION
Pressure bar presses against
front plate but does not seal bag
1. Seal time too low
1. Increase in Settings screen
2. Heat (temperature) too low
2. Increase in Settings screen
3. Heater cartridge bad
3. Replace heater cartridge
4. Insufficient air pressure
4. Increase air pressure
5. Misalignment of guide rods
5. Align guide rods
6. Teflon folded over
6. Turn Teflon
7. Heater bar not extending
7. Check heater bar cylinders /
valve
8. Seal cylinder bad
8. Replace cylinder / valve
9. Heater bar cylinder(s) bad
9. Replace cylinder / valve
Bag sticks to Teflon or pressure
(rubber) bar
1. Seal temperature too high
1. Decrease temp in Settings
screen
2. Seal time too high
2. Decrease seal time in Settings
screen
3. Teflon in poor condition
3. Turn / replace Teflon
4. Rubber is dirty /
contaminated
4. Clean / replace pressure bar
rubber
Bag does not tear off completely
1. Bag slipping through rollers
1. Clean upper and lower rollers
with alcohol to remove slip and
dirt build-up
2. Compression pressure
insufficient
2. Adjust roller compression
3. Drive roller not reversing
3. Check Reverse setting
4. Bag did not index properly
4. Index another bag for test
5. Seal rubber dirty / worn
5. Clean / replace rubber
Two bags index from rollers
1. Bag is folded over
1. Lower inner frame and
straighten bag
2. Perf sensor dirty / damaged
2. Clean / replace perf sensor
3. Perf sensitivity out of
adjustment
3. Contact APPI for perf
adjustment
4. Ungrounded outlet causing
electrical noise
4. Plug into "clean" power source
5. Auxiliary equipment: noise
5. Contact APPI for solution
6. Seal point value too high
6. Set value lower
Bag does not completely index
1. Perf is sensing hole in bag
(vent)
1. Reposition bag
2. Seal position setting too
low
2. Increase seal position in
Settings screen
Bag web indexing to floor level
without stopping on bag
1. Perf sensor not sensing bag
1. Contact APPI for adjustment
2. Dirty / damaged sensor
2. Clean / replace sensor
3. Perf sensor out of
adjustment
3. Contact APPI for adjustment
Bags web breaking prematurely
in machine
1. Improper web tension
1. Adjust tension
2. Web dragging foreign
objects
2. Remove obstructions
3. Bag roll side plates bent
inward
3. Repair / remove side-plates